California Clint and His High Horse

Idaho’s legislature has seen its fair share of characters, but Clint Hostetler, or as we’ll call him, “California Clint,” takes the cake. Fresh off the moving truck from Sacramento, California, in 2021, Clint rode into the Magic Valley with the zeal of an evangelical missionary and the polish of someone who’s never entirely understood Idaho’s deeply rooted conservative values of local control, good governance, and common sense.

Clint isn’t just new to Idaho—he’s new to the idea of representing people. His lips are firmly planted on the backside of the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) and their propaganda machine, which dictates every move he makes. Without the heavy-handed help of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), a Texas-based pro-drug legalization group, and IFF’s well-oiled misinformation network, Clint would never have been elected.

How We Ended …